 Extensible Markup Language (XML) |
| 3 months to
21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 25 | 35 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 12 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.013 % |
| As % of the category below | 10.00 % | 19.05 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £200 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £208 |
| % change on same period last year | +56.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | £217 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.86 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.00 | £14.67 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.50 | £15.17 |
| % change on same period last year | +48.35 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.00 | £15.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.77 | £32.03 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.94 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 40 | 63 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.063 % | 0.068 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £341 | £230 |
| Average daily rate | £356 | £236 |
| % change on same period last year | +50.97 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £370 | £241 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £327 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.89 | £17.08 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.94 | £18.90 |
| % change on same period last year | +53.16 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.00 | £20.71 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.92 | £31.53 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.25 % |
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing XML across the Sheffield region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
